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SLUMP IN MAINE
Sepiltilican Majority CHI
Down 33 Per Cent.
democrats make gain,
Silver Was Kept to The Front
During The Campaign.
Augusta, Me., Sept. 13.—The
qDietest election ' ever held in
Maine took place yesterday with
the result that the republican
plurality is cut down 33 percent
and the democrats have a gain
of at least twelve per cent.
From the meager returns re
ceived it is thought that Gov.
Power’s plurality will no<- be
■over 25,000, and may not exceed
20,000.
Two years ago, in a presiden
tial year, he received a plurality
of 48,000, and in 1894 the repub
hcan gubernatorial candidate
received a plurality of 39,000.
The lotal vote is about 86,000
against 123.516 two years ago
and 107,776 in 1894.
The republican loss is some
tlfing remarkable when the ef
forts by an almost perfert organ
ization are considered. Nothing
was lett undone to poll a big
vote by the republicans.
- The democratic party of
Maine, at its convention at Ban
gor m July, unanimously de
clared allegiance to the Chicago
platform and the result of the
election is, therefore, gratifying
to bimetallists, as the issue has
been kept forward to the front.
Gov. Powers only carried his
native town, Pittsfield, by 57
votes, whereas two years ago his
plurality was 403, which is quite
significant.
Reed is re-elected for congress
in the first district, but by a
much reduced plurality. Two
years ago he received a plurality
■of 6,000, but this year it cannot
possibily be over 4,000, if it is
that. In York county, the home
of the democratic nominee for
governor, Samuel L. Lord, the
democrats have a fighting
chance, the vote being so close
that at this hour it cannot be
determined who holds the fort.
Lord carried his own town* by a
good majority. In Cumberland
county, in Reed's district, Bos :
ton liquor dealers, in is alleged,
sent barrels of goods to help
elect the republican nominee.
Dingley is re-elected by a good
majority. His own city, Lewis
ton, elects four democratic rep
resentatives to the legislature,
but the rest of the county is
solidly republican. L?wiston is
also the home of United States
Senator William P. Frye. Knox
county, in Dingley’s district, is
still in doubt, with a tendency
to be on the democratic side, on
account of labor troubles rela
tives to the lime industry.
Col. F. W. Plaisted, demo
cratic candidate for congress in
the third district, put up a
valiant fight against Congress
man Burleigh, with big odds
against him. From the returns
thus far received, it is shown
that Col. Plaisted’s popularity,
and his course on the money
question have been the means of
tpiead of his ticket
THE HOME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAI
ROME GEORGIA, TUESDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER,
HOABTB WRYLER.
: Is Told That ho Slioilld be
Disgraced for Cadse.
SPANISH SENATE SCENE.
Impeached Army Officers are
• in a Rage,
•
Madrid, Sept. 13 —The ses
sion of the senate yesterday was
i a stormy one.
i Count d’Almewas, challenged
, to give the names of the gener
als whom he recently said ought
to be disgraced, replied:
“Very well, as you wish it, I
will. The generals to whom • 1
i referred are- Generals Weyler,
Blanco and Primo de Rivera. I
will also include in the same
. category Admiral Cervera.”
This announcement led to an
extraordinary scene of tumult.
> Capt. Aunon, minister of ma
,'rine, received today an impor-
H taut dispatch from he Philip-
> pines describing a conflict be
tween the Spanish gunboats
. and insurgent flotilla in which
. the former successfully prevent
. ed an insurgent landing in the
r Viscayas.
According to the dispatch,the
insurgents have five vessels, all
of which were sunk. The Span
iards have no loss, but the tele
. gram asserts that hundreds of
the insurgents are believed to
have perished.
Gen. Camillo Palavieja, for
mer governor general of Cuba
and of the Philippines, in the
manifesto declaring his readi
pessto place himself at the head
, of a neutral party in Spanish
politics, denounces the “evils
existing in the present political
system,” and declares that “ev
ery department meds cleans
ing.”
His program, therefore, be
gins with a “drastic purging] of
the administration,” and then
advocates “reform in taxation,”
and “purification of the elector,
i al system.”
After pledging his -‘unwaver
ing loyalty to the throne,” Gen,
■ Polavieja says:
‘Spain must shape her future
career in accordance with her
[ reduced sphere of sovereignty,
. without losing her aspiratiohs
for the future. Above all things,
, full lignt is required. The
Spanish people must no longer
[be deluded by misrepresenta
. tions as to the country’s
. strength.”
In conclusion, he repudiates
j the charge that he is aiming at
) dictatorship, and appeals to all
5 Spaniards not t) be silent spec
; tators of the ruin of our coun
j try “but to concentrate forces
r and place mein power.”
! El Imparcial, ElHeraldo, El
Pairs, El Tiempo and El Globo
approve the manifesto, which,
however, meets with many signs
! of disapproval.
x The senate at today’s session
definitely adopted the Hispano
-3 American protocol.
3
I The Alger-McKinley newspa
, pers will soon begin to print
y long sick lists of the Porto Rican
f army to show that Miles is no
t bettAi- .....IxcaJiii .iha n
DEADLY GROSSING
Two Yo'Jng Ladies HUrfed
To Death •
RETURNING FROM CHURCH
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Escort Seriously Injured Hors
es Escaped Unhurt.
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vVmchester, Va., Sept. 13.—A
most distressing accident occurred
shortly before 10 o’clock last night
on the Washington and Harrison
burg branch of the SDuthern rail
way near Bowman’s station, in
Shenandoah county, and as a re
sult two young ladies of tbe neigh
borhood are dead and their escort
has received perhaps fatal injur
ies.
The victims were:
Miss Laura Delliuger.aged twen*
ty years; her sister.
Miss'Alice V. Dellinger aged
eighteen years, and.
Mr. Sisler, of Mount Jackson,
aged twenty-four years.
Thu catastrophe occured within
sight of the young girl’s residence.
The party had been atteii iing
church and were returning home
in a buggy. While crossing the
tracks of tha Southern near Bow
man’s they were struck by the en
gine of a north-oound freight and
the two girls wereinstantly killed,
their bodies being horribly man*-,
gled.
Young Sisler was hurled a dis
tance of twenty yards and sustain
ed a fracture of the right leg and
right shoulder besides being injur
ed internally. The buggy was
crushed like an eggshell, while the
horse escaped without a scrach.
Just how the party failed to no
tice the approaching train is not
known, as it was plainly visible
for several hundred yards, and ihe
crossing is on a heavy grade. They
were evedentiy ecgaged in conver
sation and did not observe the
train until it was upon them.
Engineer Stoble. of the freight,
says he whistled for the crossing
and just before it was reached
noticed the team driven upon the
track. He reversed his engine, tut,
too late.
The pilot struck the buggy square
ly between the front and rear 1
wheels, hurling the 1 occupants in
all directions.
* The Misses Dellinger were the
daughters of J. W. Dellinger, a
leading resident of the county.
ARREST BROUGHT LOCKJAW
Fright For A Girl Locked Up
On Suspicicn.
New York, Sept. 13. —Mary
Burns, formerly employed by
Samuel Aunon, of No. 19 Herki
mer street, Brooklyn, was arrested
on suspicion of taking a few trink
ets. A short time after she was
placed in the cell the sergeant
found her lying on the floor. At
first he thought she was merely
feigning . Her jaws were rigid-
An ambulance was cailsd and she
was sent to tbe hospital. The fright
had given her lockjaw.
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TO SUBDUECERTAN REBELS.
Vienna, Sept. 13—According to
the dispatch received here from
Canea, Crete, the troops of the
various Powers have hoisted their
flags over the town walla of Ckn
dia, and the admirals have sent
an ultimatum to the Deputy Gov
ernor and the Turkish cemmand
ant, demanding that all arms be
1 laid down. The war ships are in
1 readinesß-tO'rtsfrme-the botnbaiM--,
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SENSATIONAL MH OF
SAILORS
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have just naught ths entire stock o T Lidias an J Missss Fine
( WW Sailors’of one of the Largest Millinery houses of Ne* york
and now place them an sale at a price that is certainly most
.remarkable. Whiile we know the people of Rom e have been faked
jtime ar?d again, yet we rnake.the
STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT.
That these Sailors are worth $l.O 3. $1.53 aiJ $2. O each and wo
will sell them at the astonishing lo w price of
SQBEACH1 1
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not a ppuig in the lot, but the prettiest an 3 lat s j - 1 ' -> ' 1 a 11.-0 ,
Some find Milan,some fine sp'it straw,some roug i bnm 11 I s neeth '
# crown, same colored brim and white crown,some of all colors of t ->e j
rainbow. Bell crown, straight cro A/n, wide brim, narrow brim, some (
< fine white -and in fact all kins dexcept cheap trasn arO we do j
not want- This is a chance to buy fine sailors at a price
that will pro bably not come again. J.
JiIXIIHM FIND h)<-’Ns.
13. 1898. 10 CENTS P: C .R WEEK